Across Illinois, about 70% of days spent in nursing home care are covered by Medicaid, making it the largest insurance payer ...

Groups worried about Washington’s proposed Medicaid cuts rallied at the state capitol in Springfield on Wednesday, four days ...

The non-profit organization Planned Parenthood estimated Medicaid cuts could cause nearly 30,000 Illinois patients to lose access to healthcare.

five times more likely to have mental health challenges and twice as likely to report higher healthcare utilization," Pritzker said. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services will ...

For this reason, Illinois’ current Medicaid rates do not come close ... which exacerbated existing challenges. Labor and supply costs have surged, and insurance companies continue to delay ...

The Illinois Medicaid program pays for the care of approximately ... dietary and general office services. “The challenge with this is, it is based on a snapshot in time, and the current support ...

For Illinois, this means establishing ... other states grappling with similar challenges. By demonstrating that a well-integrated system can lead to better health outcomes, reduced costs, and ...

There have been nearly 100 legal challenges to the Trump ... transgender rights to fighting for public health care funding. Here now with more is Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul Attorney ...